Chazz Palminteri is living proof that you can take the boy outta The Bronx, but you can’t take The Bronx outta the boy. His autobiographical play “A Bronx Tale” morphed into a movie and is now a Broadway musical. The 64-year-old and his wife and two children live in Bedford, NY, but most weekends he returns to his old stomping grounds. “I hate to say it, but I’m like the pope down there,” he tells BARBARA HOFFMAN of the Belmont section of his home borough. Here’s where you’ll find him.

Every place has a specialty. First we go to Mike’s Deli. It’s in the famous Arthur Avenue market, and it’s where you get salami, cold cuts, maybe a little pasta. David, the son, runs it now. He has this thing called an Italian knish: potato, mozzarella, with a little soppressata. Obviously, you can’t go too often!

Right next door is Madonia Brothers Bakery. It’s been there, God knows, 60 or 70 years. They have this round Italian bread they’ll slice for you, and also prosciutto and olive bread. People come from all over the boroughs to shop there.

Then we go to Borgatti’s Ravioli. You walk in, and you see these machines cutting and rolling fresh pasta. God, you want to buy everything! We always buy a few boxes of the big cheese raviolis.

An Amur tiger at the Bronx Zoo, which is a favorite place to visit for Palminteri.James Devaney/WireImag

The best mozzarella in the world is at Casa Della Mozzarella. You walk in and see Orazio making the mozzarella in the back, lifting and stretching it. He says, “Come on in, Chazz,” and he’ll take off a little piece when it’s still warm, and put it in my hand. He’s the master!

Sometimes we go for pizza at Zero Otto Nove — 089, which is the area code for Salerno in Italy. There’s a lot of good pizza places in New York, and usually they throw that handful of cheese on, but not here. This is the real fresh mozzarella that just melts. It’s gorgeous! And the sweet tomatoes! A lot of people overcook pizza. Real pizza, you should be able to fold.

At the end of the day, you gotta have a cannoli. So we go to Gino’s Pastry Shop. It’s been there forever. Gino’s son Jerome is the cannoli king and his girlfriend, Joanne, is the cappuccino queen. I’m telling you, you never tasted a cannoli and cappuccino like this. You ask [them], “What did you put in this?”

Some Sundays, we’ll walk through the Bronx Zoo. You know what’s funny? I’ve been there all my life, but I go back with my kids, and it’s like I’m young again.